Reviews
Book and video reviews.
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Book review: ‘HMS Beagle’ by Karl Heinz Marquardt
Meticulously detailed ship’s plans of HMS Beagle, for anyone thinking of making a model or replica!
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Book review: ‘Evolution’s Captain’ by Peter Nichols
Biography of the captain of HMS Beagle.
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Book review: ‘The Rough Guide to Evolution’ by Mark Pallen
A handy guide to all things evolutionary.
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Book review: ‘The Voyage of the Beagle’ by Charles Darwin
Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World.
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Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 7: 1858–1859’
Darwin’s correspondence leading up to the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’.
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Book review: ‘The Ancestor’s Tale: a Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life’ by Richard Dawkins
Dawkins’s lavishly illustrated magnum opus-cum-coffee table book.
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Book review: ‘The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution’ by Richard Dawkins
Dawkins returns to what he’s best at.
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Book review: ‘Darwin in Scotland’ by J.F. Derry
Edinburgh, evolution and enlightenment.
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Book review: ‘Darwin’s Sacred Cause’ by Adrian Desmond and James Moore
How Charles Darwin’s abhorrence of slavery influenced his science.
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Book review: ‘Darwin’ by Niles Eldredge
A fascinating analysis of the development of Darwin’s thinking.
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Book review: ‘Dry Store Room No.1’ by Richard Fortey
The personalities and politics behinds the scenes at the Natural History Museum.
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Book review: ‘The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister’s Pox’ by Stephen Jay Gould
Mending and Minding the Misconceived Gap Between Science and the Humanities.